Dead Presidents

by Little Walter / Willie Dixon · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

in C Tenor

Chorus:
 -5   -6   7 -6  <7
Them dead presidents
      <-3  4 <4 -5
 <7   <7  -6 -6  -5
Them dead presidents
      -6   7 <7  -7
 <7 <11 -10   <-9  <7  7 -6  <7 -6  -6   -5
Well I ain't broke but I'm- better than dead
<11 <11 9 -9  <7 -6 -6 -5  -6  -6  -6  5    
Everybody--- loves- them- dead presidents

-6 <7 <7  7  -6  -7 -6   <-5   -6  -6  <7
A little bit of Lincoln can't park the car
<7  7  -6  -6  <7  <-5  -6 -6   5
Washington and he can't go too far
<7  7 -6  -6  <7   -6  <7  <7 -6   <7 
Jefferson is good, to play at the track
<7 <7   <-9   <-9   9 -9   <7   7 -6 <7   -6   5
If you think you're gonna bring some big fish back

(chorus)

Hamilton on a ten can get you straight
But Jackson on a twenty is really great
And if you're talkin' about a poor man's friend
Grant will get you out of whatever youre in

(chorus)

A hundred dollar Franklin is really sweet
A five hundred McKinley is the one for me
If I get a Cleveland, I'm really set
A thousand dollar Cleveland is hard to get

(chorus)

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